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Following the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) decision to keep the policy rate unchanged and to taper the asset purchases program by $15 billion per month, FOMC Chairman Jerome Powell is delivering his comments on the policy outlook, and notably inflation and employment: Following is a compilation of Jerome Powell’s …

The Federal Reserve said it will begin winding down its monthly asset purchases later this month at a pace of $15 billion per month, while expressing less certainty that the jump in inflation will prove temporary. The Fed said it would reduce Treasury purchases by $10 billion and mortgage-backed securities …

U.S. shares and major indexes traded mixed in a narrow range on Wednesday as investors begin to digest the Federal Reserve’s withdrawal of its pandemic-era support, while Activision Blizzard slid on a leadership change.Six of the 11 major S&P sectors fell, with energy and industrials declining the most. The banking …

Wednesday brings to the financial markets a highly important meeting. It is the awaited Fed meeting since May or June.When the Federal Reserve wraps up its meeting, the central bank is expected to announce that it will begin to wind down one of its biggest and most unprecedented market interventions …

Gold fell Wednesday morning in Asia, focusing squarely on the latest US federal policy decision. Investors are preparing to assess the US central bank’s plans to combat rising inflation and allay concerns about the economic recovery from COVID-19. Gold futures were down 0.30% at $1,784.05 by 11:29 PM. The Fed …

Global financial markets positively closed the U. S. trading session. U. S. shares surged while currencies fluctated over risk sentiment, with the exception of the U. S. dollar, which uniqely performed. Economic DataThere was hardly any economic data impacting price movements in the US period, but the markets are awaiting …

The U.S. Federal Reserve Bank gears up to taper its huge asset purchases as investors are scanning the market before and after signals of how effectively the central bank can tighten the U. S. monetary policy to deal with stubbornly high inflation.Fed policymakers are expected to give the green light …

Wednesday will bring decisions of the Fed’s November meeting to the financial markets, and Friday will bring Non-farm Payrolls, so financial markets rre amid some heavy drivers for the USD.It is expected that this is the rate decision at which the Fed will announce their intentions to begin tapering asset …

As Fed’s November meeting looms, spot gold (XAU/USD) prices trade marginally lower on Tuesday, having gradually ebbed in recent hours from the Asian session’s highs in the mid-$1790s to current levels around $1790. Gold prices have been undulating either side of the 200 day moving average (currently at $1792.40). The …

Consumer Price Index data from the U. S. Labor Department and FOMC minutes represented the key market drivers on Wednesday. Inflation is still steering the both the U. S. economy and fiscal policy as prices continued their ascent in September. Social Security benefits will rise 5.9% in 2022, the highest …